The Agriculture Department says poverty is the main cause of food insecurity and hunger in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Nik Grunwald from the United States Agriculture Department worked on the international team that completed the genome.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

The Agriculture Department says growers in California led the nation in the value of floriculture products in two thousand seven, the latest year available.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Earl Cooley worked for the United States Forest Service, an agency of the Agriculture Department.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

Walter Schmidt is with the Agricultural Research Service, part of the United States Agriculture Department.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

And the Agriculture Department says the numbers may be even higher this year.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Anna McClung heads a rice-breeding center for the United States Agriculture Department.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

The Department of Agriculture, for example, provides biologists to help study wildlife that could be a danger to air travel.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Now,the United States Department of Agriculture has announced a program to help farmers who want to build hoop houses.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The United States Department of Agriculture has given farmers permission to plant genetically engineered sugar beets with some conditions.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The Philippine Department of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute plan to launch a free service next month.

VOA: special.2010.08.17

The United States Department of Agriculture will increase spending on farm emissions research by ninety million dollars over the next four years.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The United States Department of Agriculture,the USDA, is helping farmers to pay for and operate mobile slaughter units.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Last week,the United States Department of Agriculture released its "household food security" report for two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

It includes members from the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Agriculture, Defense Department and the aviation industry.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

It is a joint project between the United States Department of Agriculture and China's Academy of Forestry.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

The Department of Agriculture says that is up by more than 40% since the year 2000.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Scientists from the University of Illinois and the United States Department of Agriculture did the study.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

He works for the Agricultural Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The Department of Agriculture approved the first mobile slaughter unit in two thousand two.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The numbers are from the Economic Research Service at the Department of Agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.12.07

Today,the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service operates the Arboretum.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

The Department of Agriculture has approved the genetically modified maize without restrictions.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

The Department of Agriculture supervises the program.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

After a flood, food safety specialists at the United States Department of Agriculture have this advice: Throw away anything that is not stored in a waterproof container if there was a chance of contact.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

That's going too far says Gale Buchanan, a former under-secretary at the US Department of Agriculture, "My reaction to the document is: we have problems.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Charles Edie is chief of agriculture for the Artibonite department, where Gonaives is located.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30